Advent International is an American global private equity firm that invests in buyouts, growth opportunities, and strategic restructuring across Western and Central Europe, North America, Latin America, and Asia. Within the space industry, Advent primarily acts as an investor, acquiring companies like Maxar Technologies for $6.4 billion in 2023 and exploring strategic options for businesses with aerospace solutions like Ultra Precision Control Systems. The firm focuses on investments in sectors including defense, security, and cybersecurity, as well as critical national infrastructure and partners with management teams to deliver sustained revenue and earnings growth for its portfolio companies. Keywords associated with Advent International are private equity, investment, acquisitions, aerospace, defense, and security.
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After Advent was cancelled, a lightweight geosynchronous satellite was proposed but remained in limbo by December 1962 with no Air Force procurement action.
The Army program to develop a large geosynchronous communications satellite in the late 1950s was named Advent.
Advent International purchased Maxar, including the spacecraft and imagery and sensing businesses, for $6.4 billion and $2.4 billion in debt in 2023.
Intuitive Machines purchased Lanteris from private equity firm Advent International.
Intuitive Machines has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Lanteris Space Systems from Advent International LLC for $800 million.
Intuitive Machines, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Lanteris Space Systems from Advent International LLC.
Intuitive Machines has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Lanteris Space Systems from Advent International LLC.
Lanteris Space Systems, formerly Maxar Space Systems, is owned by Advent International, which purchased Maxar in 2023 for $6.4 billion.
Advent International also took on $2.4 billion in debt when purchasing Maxar.
Maxar was acquired and taken private by Advent International in September 2023.
Both Lanteris Space Systems and Vantor are owned by Advent International and will operate as separate companies.
The advent of more launch vehicles will result in more satellites entering orbit at lower costs.
The all-cash deal for CAES was agreed on 2024-06-20 to acquire the Arlington, Virginia-based company from private equity firm Advent International.
Advent International bought Cobham for about $5,000,000,000 in 2020.
Advent International acquired Maxar Technologies for $6,400,000,000.
Maxar went private in 2023 after being acquired by the private equity firm Advent International in a $6,400,000,000 deal announced in December 2022 and completed in May 2023.
Maxar was acquired by the private equity firm Advent International in a $6,400,000,000 deal less than five months before 2023-09-21.
Advent International acquired Maxar in a $6,400,000,000 deal by purchasing Maxar for $53 per share.
Advent International’s $53 per share purchase price represented a premium of about 129% over Maxar’s closing price of about $23.10 on 2022-12-15.
Private equity firms are increasingly responsible for some of the largest transactions in the space industry, including Advent’s completed $6,400,000,000 acquisition of Maxar Technologies.